Starting the project

- [Instructor] Throughout this chapter we're going…to be focusing on the creation of a simple blog…based on the MEAN stack.…Now MEAN is an acronym for MongoDB,…Express.js, Angular and Node.js.…Now this project will differ from the…previous project in that we will set up…and run our own Express server, which will…allow us to create an API to interact with…MongoDB, which is a NoSql database that uses…JSON-like documents for storing data.…So first we're going to start off here by…using the Angular command line interface tool…to start a new Angular project.…

So ng new and we'll name it blogapp.…And we're going to add the routing flag,…which will generate a routing file for us…as our app will have multiple components.…Now we're going to cd into blogapp and run npm install.…Now, let's run the ng build command.…This will package up the Angular project and…create a new folder named dist, for distribution.…

This is important because our Express server…is going to serve files from this folder.…Next, we need to use the node package manager…

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10/16/2017

Understanding how to perform create, read, update, and delete (CRUD) operations for a variety of apps is crucial for any developer. In this course, learn how to perform CRUD operations with Angular apps. Instructor Gary Simon begins by covering fundamental Angular concepts, such as how to use the Angular CLI and capture user events. He then walks through the creation of two apps, from which you can perform CRUD operations. He shows how to work with Angular Firebase to create a chat app that can create, read, update, and delete messages, as well as how to create a simple blog.